by Shawn Robare | Sep 26, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
Though I’ve been more or less away from the site for the last few months, I’ve still been mucking about with some geeky nostalgic stuff. In particular I’ve been having some fun on Instagram taking a series of photos of my current toy collection. ...
by Shawn Robare | Sep 24, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
For the majority of my life I was, well, let’s say pretty husky. As a very young kid I was actually pretty skinny, say up until I was six or seven, but starting with my family’s first big move across state, and then all over the east coast things got a...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 25, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’ve been in full on Rad mode lately, I know, so bear with me for one more piece of excitement I’d like to share. After recording the latest episode of the Cult Film Club about the flick, Pax, Jaime and I got a chance to interview the one and only Cru...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 18, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
This month it was my turn to pick the movie that the Cult Film Club covered and I decided it was high time that Paxton, Jaime and I dug into one of my favorite 80s flicks the 1986 BMX classic RAD! Starring Bill Allen, Talia Shire, Lori Loughlin, Bart Connors, Jack...
by Shawn Robare | Jun 6, 2014 | Read
In 1986 my family had yet to own a VCR and every weekend we’d trek out to the little mom & pop video rental store next to the Goodings on Red Bud road in Castleberry Florida and we’d rent a machine and each pick out a title to take home. Invariably I would always...
by Shawn Robare | May 14, 2014 | Branded in the 80s, Read
After I started reacquiring some of my childhood toys recently, specifically picking up a number of the more obscure figures from the less popular lines, there have been a few figures that have rocketed up to the top of my to-find list. Taking a break from the more...
